B.Sc. (hon), M.D., C.M., DAAPM, DCAPM

Dr. Blecher graduated with Distinction from the University of Guelph with an Honours degree in Biomedical Science in 1988, and from McGill Medical School in 1992. He then completed a Comprehensive Surgical Internship at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Blecher worked as an urban ER physician for 25 years, much of it at Lakeridge Health. He served a term on the OMA Executive - Section of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Blecher has worked in the field of chronic pain management at NeuPath Centres for Pain & Spine, and its predecessor CPM since 2005. He was the founding Oshawa site Medical Director and grew this location to be the company’s busiest and most successful site.

Dr. Blecher has been a sought-after speaker and consultant in the field chronic pain education and has presented workshops and seminars on the topic of Chronic Pain Management to health care professionals and labour unions across Canada, and internationally. He was a past speaker at IdeaCity and TEDx.

Dr. Blecher has been involved in the start-up of numerous biotechnology, medical device, and private enterprise companies. He continues to sit on the Board of Microbix Biosystems, Inc., and was a co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Starseed Medicinal, Inc. and Entourage Health, Inc., where he oversaw medical outreach, education initiatives, research programs and clinic relationships.

Dr. Blecher is a credentialed pain practitioner with both the Canadian and American Academies of Pain Medicine, and a member of the International Pain & Spine Intervention Society. He practices comprehensive pain management including for chronic headache & migraine conditions, joint and myofascial pain, and fluoroscopic image-guided procedures of the spine.

BScN RN

Gill McGibbon is the Director of Operations for Durham Spine & Pain Institute.

Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day functions and organization at the clinic level, Gill ensures that employees, clients and their families are welcomed into an inclusive, supportive and healing atmosphere where wellness and patient care are paramount. Working closely with our team of physicians, nurses, clinical assistants and office administrators, Gill helps to ensure that clients have timely access to treatments and therapies for various chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions.

Growing up in London, Ontario, Gill attended the University of Western Ontario and graduated with honours with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Over the course of her nursing career, Gill spent time in-hospital on medical-surgical wards, as well as palliative care. For over the past decade, Gill has specialized in out-of-hospital chronic interventional pain management, working at clinics providing a wide variety of services including landmark-based as well as image-guided interventions by both fluoroscopy and ultrasound guidance, as well as infusion treatments.

Gill has been heavily involved from the inception of DSPI, helping to oversee construction and design of the clinic space, to procuring equipment and hiring staff. She is extremely motivated, hard-working, organized and creative. Gill looks forward to a bright future at DSPI, being at the forefront of evidence-based procedures and regenerative medicine therapies.

B.Sc. M.D., FRCP(C)

Dr. Murphy graduated from Queen’s University with a degree in Life Science in 1988, and from the Queen’s School of Medicine in 1990. From 1990-1995, he completed his Anaesthesia training at Kingston General Hospital and Queen’s University.

Dr. Murphy completed a Fellowship in Paediatric Anaesthesiology at Harvard-affiliated Boston Children’s Hospital from 1996-1997. He was an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University from 1997 until 2002, when he left to practice anaesthesiology at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, New York. In 2003, Dr. Murphy became the Chair of Samaritan’s Anaesthesiology Department and was instrumental in establishing the hospital’s first Pain Clinic.

Dr. Murphy returned to Kingston in 2008 to open Kingston Orthopaedic and Pain Institute (KOPI), and again be associated with Queens University as an assistant professor and resident teacher in interventional chronic pain.

B.Sc. B.A. (Hons), MD, CCFP, DCAPM

Dr. Nicholas Feroze graduated with Honors from Western University with a double major in Psychology and Biology. Following this he finished medical school at University Jagiellonian in Krakow, Poland with rotations at the University of London, Beth Israel Hospital in Boston/Harvard and the University of South Alabama.

Dr Feroze then completed his residency in family medicine at the University of South Carolina receiving the award for academic achievement by graduating at the top of his class and becoming board certified in both Canada & the USA. Following residency, Dr. Feroze returned to Canada to be near family where he has worked over a decade as an emergency medicine physician at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Dr Feroze worked with a team to establish the MAID program at PRHC for which they were recognized with the Leadership award.

As he continued to work in the emergency room, Dr. Feroze saw first hand the impact that chronic pain can have on a person’s quality of life and their family. Dr. Feroze decided to pursue further training in chronic pain management through training in Canada and the USA. He has been working as an interventional pain physician at NeuPath Centre for Pain since 2019 and is credentialed with CAPM. He is currently completing his Fellowship training in Fluoroscopy at the Kingston Orthopaedic and Pain Institute (KOPI).

Outside of his professional life, Dr. Feroze enjoys surfing, hiking/camping, ice hockey goaltending and traveling the globe with his family.

M.Sc., M.D., CCFP(EM), DCAPM

Dr. MacPherson received his medical degree in 2007 from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

He completed his residency in Family Medicine and a Fellowship year in Emergency Medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He also holds a Master of Science Degree, from Queen’s University, in Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Dr. MacPherson is an Emergency Physician, with more than 12 years experience, including past appointments as the Medical Director and Chief of the Emergency Department. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University.

He has been practicing Adult Chronic Pain for over 5 years, holding a GP Focused Designation in Chronic Pain Management. He holds Diplomate status in the Canadian Academy of Pain Management. He is also a member of the International Pain and Spine Interventional Society (IPSIS).

Dr. MacPherson is currently completing a Fellowship in Interventional Chronic Pain Management at the Kingston Orthopaedic Pain Institute (KOPI).

BSE, M.D., CCFP(EM), DCAPM

Dr. Momin completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in Mechanical Engineering (BSE) and graduated Magna Cum Lauda. He attended Loyola University Chicago for pre-medical sciences and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business MBA program. He completed his medical education in Canada at Memorial University, followed by his residency and fellowship training at McMaster University.

Since 2010 he has worked in Emergency Rooms across Ontario, from Trauma Centres to one of the busiest community hospitals and rural ERs. He was previously a Medical Director at an urgent care clinic. Dr. Momin is also a chronic pain physician by training. He received a change of scope with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in Adult Chronic Pain Management as well as completing Fellowship training in Interventional Pain Management (Fluoroscopy) at the Kingston Orthopaedic and Pain Institute (KOPI). Dr. Momin is a credentialed pain practitioner with the Canadian Academy of Pain Medicine and licensed physician in Ontario and New York. He is also a member of the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society. He has been active in continuing medical education at various American and Canadian universities including University of Toronto and Harvard. He currently holds an adjunct faculty appointment at Western University.

He treats pain related to the entire spine using a variety of treatment methods including fluoroscopy guided radio frequency procedures.

In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family and exploring the outdoors.

B.Sc., DC, MD, CCFP

Dr. Balon has been in practice for over 42 years in his capacity as a family physician, chiropractor and pain physician.

Dr. Balon was Medical Director at the Ottawa Neupath Centre for Pain & Spine clinic for over 15 years. He is on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Regenerative Therapy (iart.org), based in the US.

He has managed pain through complementary and alternative medicine approaches, mainstream medicine, interventional pain management, and most recently, through regenerative therapies. He is passionate about utilizing regenerative therapies to treat chronically injured, painful and/or arthritic joints and tendons, as well as certain conditions involving neuropathic pain by utilizing prolotherapy, platelet rich plasma (PRP) and perineural injection therapy (PIT), to assist in the healing and repair of these tissues, and in many instances, avoiding or delaying the need for joint replacement surgeries or more invasive techniques.

He does regular mission trips to provide regenerative treatments in third world countries and provide meaningful care to these under serviced people in need. He is excited about introducing regenerative therapy approaches to the comprehensive care model envisioned by the leadership of the DSPI clinic.